Date:         Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:40:48 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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Hear, Hear...Had a great camping weekend with 30 friends this weekend. 30
degrees F.  Not too bad for most of yall, but had a great time firewalking
and noodling for catfish in the river.  Converted another Diesel Rabbit
guy so anyone with a nice van in San Antonio, LMK. I only have a GL...Too
each his own, I (almost)always say.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are the embittered minority who had bad experiences with their
> vanagons. That has not been my experience, nor most of ours.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Kevin Gilbert <kggilbert@myactv.net>
> wrote:
> > Well, I'm tempted to offer a bit of a smart aleck comment, but, as I
> > look out on a white and gray landscape and see my breath...
> >
> >
> > On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Jim Cochran wrote:
> >
> >> Hi list,
> >> Today I delivered my '86 Westy to a local buyer here in San Carlos,
> >> Sonora, Mexico.
> >> It's a pretty good van, now, with 600 miles on a good 2.1 rebuild,
> >> fuel tank fixed and front wheel bearings, new fire extinguisher and
> >> the usual... new Temp II sensor. Price? $9,000 cash.
> >>
> >> I still have a 1971 Bay that has a variety of problems, but I'm
> >> going to park it until I get back from sailing, sometime in June. In
> >> the meantime, I'll be sitting in the cockpit of my Morgan sloop
> >> watching the lovelies swim in their tiny bikinis, painting
> >> watercolors and playing my guitar, sipping iced beverages down near
> >> the Guatemalan border.
> >>
> >> If I need a car, I will buy a Nissan.
> >> If I need a headache, I will buy a Vanagon.
> >>
> >> Adios, and thanks for helping me get this far.
> >> Love and good fortune to you all.
> >>
> >> Jim C
> >> Mexico
> >> 71 Bay Window (The Bing)
> >> 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss)
> >> 87 Morgan 44 sloop (The Green Flash)
> >
>